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    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is a cabinet-level department of the federal government. It sets guidelines for the private healthcare system and provides essential human services, such as funding medical studies. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the 26th Secretary.

    Secretary of Health and Human Services

    Key facts

    Created
    April 11, 1953, as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfaresource
    Renamed Department of Health and Human Services
    October 17, 1979source
    Budget
    nearly $2 trillionsource
    Secretary
    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., 26th Secretarysource

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